elephantiasisn.

/ˌɛlɪfənˈtʌɪəsɪs/

Etymology: < Latin elephantiasis, < Greek ἐλεϕαντίασις , < ἐλέϕας , elephant n.

1. The name given to various kinds of cutaneous disease, which produce in the part affected a resemblance to an elephant's hide. The best known are: (a) E. Græcorum, a tubercular disease, often identified with Eastern leprosy; (b) E. Arabum, called also Elephant Leg, and in the W. Indies Barbadoes Leg, which produces an induration and darkening of the skin, chiefly on the leg.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > elephantiasis

elephantica1492

elephancy1547

elephantiasis1581

hoar-leprosya1616

joint-evil1669

cocobay1788

elephantine leprosy1843

Barbados leg1849

spargosis1867

1581 R. Mulcaster Positions x. 57 Egyptian lepre, called Elephantiasis.

1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 111 Elephantiasis of the Arabians, is a swelling of the Foot, wan, and looks like an Elephants Foot.

1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. III. lxxi. 305 Those [letters] which should be thin look as if they had the elephantiasis.

1869 W. M. Rossetti Mem. Shelley Introd. 45 Shelley had a fancy..that he was about to be visited with elephantiasis.

2. figurative. A great or undue expansion or enlargement.

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the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [noun] > great or undue

magment1623

anasarca1807

elephantiasis1866

enormification1881

1866 G. Meredith Let. 22 Dec. (1970) I. 349 You have become the victim of a kind of mental elephantiasis—you fancy all things as immensities.

1928 R. Campbell Wayzgoose ii. 53 But ah! her Soul's dimensions to report—Elephantiasis comes far too short!

1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists Oct. 276/1 It is a tremendous building, saved from elephantiasis by the skill of its architects in blending classical and modern.

1969 Daily Tel. 27 June (Colour Suppl.) 5/3 The Monopolies Commission itself no longer acts... Even if it is asked to investigate, the managements later have almost complete freedom to develop corporate elephantiasis.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	elephantiasis
释义	elephantiasisn. /ˌɛlɪfənˈtʌɪəsɪs/ Etymology: < Latin elephantiasis, < Greek ἐλεϕαντίασις , < ἐλέϕας , elephant n. 1. The name given to various kinds of cutaneous disease, which produce in the part affected a resemblance to an elephant's hide. The best known are: (a) E. Græcorum, a tubercular disease, often identified with Eastern leprosy; (b) E. Arabum, called also Elephant Leg, and in the W. Indies Barbadoes Leg, which produces an induration and darkening of the skin, chiefly on the leg. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > elephantiasis elephantica1492 elephancy1547 elephantiasis1581 hoar-leprosya1616 joint-evil1669 cocobay1788 elephantine leprosy1843 Barbados leg1849 spargosis1867 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions x. 57 Egyptian lepre, called Elephantiasis. 1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 111 Elephantiasis of the Arabians, is a swelling of the Foot, wan, and looks like an Elephants Foot. 1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. III. lxxi. 305 Those [letters] which should be thin look as if they had the elephantiasis. 1869 W. M. Rossetti Mem. Shelley Introd. 45 Shelley had a fancy..that he was about to be visited with elephantiasis. 2. figurative. A great or undue expansion or enlargement. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [noun] > great or undue magment1623 anasarca1807 elephantiasis1866 enormification1881 1866 G. Meredith Let. 22 Dec. (1970) I. 349 You have become the victim of a kind of mental elephantiasis—you fancy all things as immensities. 1928 R. Campbell Wayzgoose ii. 53 But ah! her Soul's dimensions to report—Elephantiasis comes far too short! 1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists Oct. 276/1 It is a tremendous building, saved from elephantiasis by the skill of its architects in blending classical and modern. 1969 Daily Tel. 27 June (Colour Suppl.) 5/3 The Monopolies Commission itself no longer acts... Even if it is asked to investigate, the managements later have almost complete freedom to develop corporate elephantiasis. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1581
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